My experience on the Carnival Ecstasy

Carnival Ecstasy Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 20

Overall rating:

3.7 out of 5
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Carnival Ecstasy

5 Night Bahamas (Jacksonville Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 09, 2019

Ship: Carnival Ecstasy

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: R168

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Very rocky cruise. I would say about 75% of the ship was sick. The sewer smell was horrible in our room and in common areas. We had a great time despite the issues. We will not cruise on the Ecstasy again. We love the sunshine the best so far.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Quick and stress free. On board and in our room by 10:45

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Lido offers so many choices. Blue Iguana Cantina is my fav. Love the buffet and main dining room menu is good but service was very slow. Took over . Hour just to get our appetizer.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Mini golf, ping pong, swimming and my son attended the Club 02 for teens aged 15-17 and made some lifetime friends.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
America Rocks and Motor City were outstanding!! Loved DJ Hardware and all the trivia nights with CD Alex!

Children's Programs

2 out of 5
First cruise that club O2 was a flop. Son made friends but they never returned to club. They just hung out together doing other activities.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Our room steward, GeDe was amazing. Always available and kept us supplied with ice day and refilled it at night. Outstanding service.

Ship Quality

2 out of 5
Old and run down. Its a older ship and def needs a facelift.

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5
Super tiny room. First time we've ever had a room do small with a pull down bed. What's sad is this was a "upgrade" can't imagine what it was upgraded from.

Ship tip

Bring plenty of motion sickness meds. Worse rocky cruise ever. I will not sail on the Ecstasy again.

Ports of call

Jacksonville, Florida

4 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

3 out of 5
Not fond of it as we've been before.

Princess Cays (Cruise Line Private Island)

4 out of 5
Outstanding port. Snorkeling was amazing. Will def visit again.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Quick and easy. In our car by 7:45am

Traveler Photos

View from observation deck My son snorkeling
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3 Comments

cruisereckoning    5 years ago

Glad you enjoyed, always have to make the best of a situation you have no control over.

GospelCruiser    5 years ago

Our first cruise was on Ecstacy. Every cruise we been in there was a lot of motion but never made me sick- just felt it for awhile after cruise, 1 year the cruise we were on, I felt for over a month.

CleanCruiserPod    5 years ago

Great review! Where did you smell the sewage in the ship? We have a room in the forward of the ship. We also have first time cruiser going on the Ecstasy with us. Thank you!

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